I have been meaning to add a few posts so I will have to slowly update this blog until I catch up with myself!
Post One: Hair Dyes.
Recently I decided to dye my hair a bit lighter. While normally in winter I decide to mix it up a bit by cutting my hair back to shoulder-ish length (from about waist length), I had already had a haircut so had to do something else.
A couple of years ago I decided to go brunette (my hair is naturally a goldeny blonde colour). While my hair turned into a nice chocolatey colour (this was done professionally, so one would hope that the outcome was good), my family were not impressed that I had done this the day before professional family photos with our cousins from Brisbane, my grandparents and my uncle and his wife – all of whom (bar the two spouses who have married into the family) are blonde.
Anyway, since that was not an option this time around, I decided I would try to dye my hair a bit lighter, with the kits you can purchase from the chemist/Priceline/etc. I tried to do some research online, obviously confusing myself with mixed reviews about all the different products I looked at. In the end I decided on Garnier Nutrisse in Chamomile.
I thought that of all people, I would be the least likely to have any troubles with these DIY dyes as I am already a natural blonde – alas, I was wrong!
While the journey was fine, the destination was not what I was after; my hair turned into some sort of strawberry blonde/orangey/yellow mess.. however after a late night trip to Chemist Warehouse and the purchase of a bottle of toner (which I used five times that evening), my hair was basically back to its normal colour. Strike One.
Not satisfied with my attempt, one week later I decided to try again, this time with L’Oreal Superior Excellence in Alaska(?). This one was definitely the more successful of the two, with only one ‘toning’ needed to de-yellow it, however it is kind of sad that my hair doesn’t look anything like the packet says it should. My hair probably only lightened to the colour it normally is in the height of Summer, which is fairly light by all means, but not the very light colour of the packet. I know I can’t expect the exact results, however I did expect something a little closer.
How hard can it be for an already blonde girl to go a bit blonder?! Of course I really ought to whip out some hairdressing skills and go and buy the bleach and toner and whatever from Hairhouse Warehouse, but that would involve all sorts of other research and I really can’t be bothered with that just for some entertainment on these cold nights..
I guess I’ll just have to try again some time soon…
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